Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Delta Dawn has Traveled to the Bayou

The dolls have begun to travel. I recieved Cindy Sowers doll one day last week. Can I just say meeting Cindy through this project has been a hoot. She is a seriously on the ball kinda gal and is definetly going to be keeping me on my toes during this project. Thanks Cindy, from a self proclaimed rather sluggish procrastinator:)

Cindy is a cloth dollmaker while I work in clay. When I recieved Cindy's doll I was thrilled at the sweet dainty, girly dolly I had just recieved. All sewn up perfectly even sporting nylon stockings....but headless!! Well, I just could not have this gal running around without a head for one more day, so my job became giving Dawn a head.

So I made my first attempt at attaching a clay head to a cloth body. I first sculpted the head using paperclay. Then I added clay to Dawn's muslin neck, once it was all dry I glued the head to the neck and added more clay to shape the neck. I then added apoxy sculpt for strength...and gosh dang if Dawn now has a head that I believe will never come off. I gave her some paint, hair and a scarf, the poor girl was freezing her tata's off walking around in her knickers.

This is my favorite part of this project. This is a technique I never would have attempted were I not forced to. So I learned something new:)

Dawn got herself a little vintage Ginny suitcase while in New Orleans. I need to work on her journal a bit and the girl will be off to her next destination, Tasmania Australia.

Can I say I am THRILLED?! I can't believe what a beautiful head you put on this doll. You really caught the spirit of the story I sent her with and apparently Delta Dawn is *still* beautiful despite her tragic story! Love her! It would have been so boring for me to have received a doll back with my own style head on my own style body. This is SO much better, I can't even believe it! Thanks, Loopy! You rock!